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The basic problem that MS runs into is that they control the desktop operating system. This control gives them tremendous power as they dictate the default softwares that the majority of people will use. Unfortunately, MS has used this power to bolt all of their add-ons to the operating system, which has created problems for competitors. Some will argue that this is the right of MS to do as it is their operating system and if others cannot offer sufficient justification for switching from the default applications, then they deserve to perish. Although there may be some justification to these claims, these monopolistic legal issues will continue to mount. A solution to the problem is to have the operating system independent of the other wares. I do not necessarily mean splitting Microsoft corporation, but rather requiring a more modular design with the core operating system independent of the add-ons. MS could still ship their add-ons with the OS, but not have them installed by default.
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conflict  RedHat9User | 01/16/04
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fade away  NemesisNL | 01/17/04
Heh... ARE YOU JOKING?!?  dicktaurus@... | 01/17/04
yes...  stephen732@... | 01/18/04
Well, if you're breaking the law...  SloooeShflu | 01/16/04
Really?  Delaware Boy | 01/16/04
Libraries, and poor schools  NemesisNL | 01/17/04
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M$ Way  us_forums@... | 05/27/07
The drug lords give money to the churches in Columbia too.  DonnieBoy | 01/17/04
talk is cheap!  stephen732@... | 01/18/04
no kidding  JWatson77 | 01/19/04
They only get into trouble when they break the law.  DonnieBoy | 01/17/04
MS should counter sue  us_forums@... | 05/27/07
Bigger immediate issue in the case?  Squawkbox | 01/16/04
The Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General  Delaware Boy | 01/16/04
Gates DID start that Chicago Fire!!!!!  SloooeShflu | 01/16/04
Smoke and Fire?  NemesisNL | 01/17/04
D-boy Did you read my post for cryin out loud  Squawkbox | 01/17/04
Much like IBM's antitrust woes, MS will have to gain  FilledOut | 01/19/04
Your posts are usually fair and balanced  IT_User | 01/19/04
Vague...  Delaware Boy | 01/16/04
How can desktop dominance put a squeeze on search engines?  NemesisNL | 01/17/04
They are just starting, it took a few years to kill Netscape too.  DonnieBoy | 01/17/04
Fit & finish  wgrobinson@... | 01/17/04
they would never do that  JWatson77 | 01/18/04
legal speak  JWatson77 | 01/19/04
Legalise par for the course for both sides  FilledOut | 01/19/04
court system and Microsoft  us_forums@... | 05/27/07
Browser?  Doug@... | 01/20/04

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